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  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
HSK 1
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  *行* | 行* | *行
(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel / (literary) trip; journey; visit / (bound form) temporary; makeshift / (bound form) current; in circulation / (bound form) to do; to perform / capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do / behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]) / (literary) about to; soon
HSK 1
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  *快* | 快* | *快
rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant
HSK 1
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
recently / soon / nearest
HSK 2
not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after
HSK 2
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  *总* | 总* | *总
(bound form) general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
as quickly as possible; as soon as possible
HSK 4
about to; on the point of; soon
HSK 4
soon after
HSK 5
soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens
HSK 6
morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future
HSK 6
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  *便* | 便* | *便
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to : then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards
HSK 6
sooner or later
HSK 7-9
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
HSK 7-9
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
as soon as / once (an action has been completed)
HSK 7-9
soon; at an early date / the early days; the past
HSK 7-9
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  *俄* | 俄* | *俄
suddenly / very soon
to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
to wait a moment / do not go too soon
soon / before long
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
soon after / shortly
soon after / later / then
(saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises
as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
premature / too soon
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
(coll.) as soon as possible; as early as one can
(to do sth) with dispatch / as soon as possible
(literary) very soon / before long
a short while / soon
to get married soon after meeting (abbr. for 閃電結婚|闪电结婚) (neologism c. 2005)
nothing else / soon / before long
before long / soon after
soon
(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
in a day or two; soon
(astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行); (coll.) to have a period of bad luck / (TCM) water retention in the abdomen causing the vomiting of liquids as soon as one drinks
as soon as possible
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
earlier / long ago / as soon as possible
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
to recover health quickly; Get well soon!
in a short time / soon / before long
as soon as / immediately after
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚跑不了廟|跑得了和尚跑不了庙
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
to get married soon after meeting


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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